it’s jokes on here but rly truly genuinely the thing u like abt taika’s core affect has always been his māori-ness. what ur perceiving in his comedy and writing and emotional beats and exploration of masculinity and general clown shit is peak pasifika. not that islanders have the monopoly on his tone but. since 2 cars 1 night, eagle vs shark, flight of the conchords, boy, hunt for the wilderpeople, what we do in the shadows, our flag means death etc. he has never not been a māori eccentric making distinctly happy-sad dramedies born out of māori boyhood and the cadence of nz aoteoroa village kid humor like. that is an islander doing bits at ur aunty’s funeral if i ever saw one
because I haven’t seen anything posted about it here, the Māori people are currently going through a similar struggle to the people protecting Mauna Kea, where the sacred land at Ihumātau is going to be destroyed and turned into housing. the people who have a right to the Whenua or land have been thrown out by police and there are currently protesters fighting against this. for us the land is such a sacred thing, it’s what gives us our Mana Whenua and it represents what our ancestors fought for. this land was taken from us in 1863, in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the people have been fighting for it since. the choice to start building on it is a fucking disgusting move by Fletcher Building, and honestly not good enough by a government who has done nothing yet to stop this shit from happening
if anyone is near that area, turn the fuck up for our people and help join in the protest. send letters, emails, whatever works best to Fletcher Building and the government, keep talking about this, sign petitions, post about it, make sure everyone is aware that this shit is not good enough. not in 2019, not in a country that supposedly is helping restore our land, but in all reality is just taking the pretty parts of Māori culture and ignoring the rest
Were you afraid that I was showing you children? Ha. Okay, I’ve got something more impressive in store. Chief of the River Tribe (or Glacier, whichever you prefer).
Tau bears the title of wise, and he wears more jewelry than both of his two daughters. Insofar as he managed to live to gray hair, he began to spit on laws, traditions and public opinion and grew a beard with a mustache, which is categorically not accepted among the Māori - they are always clean-shaven. His character is Nordic, but with a cheerfulness. Politician, invader. He brought his tribe from the North Island to the South Island, from which Kai is absolutely not happy.
We continue our acquaintance with the faces from the new book. Koro, the daughter of the Chief of the River Tribe, Rau’s younger sister and - drumroll - Kaya’s future wife. She loves colored raincoats, feathers, all of these and playing withher friends . Doesn’t like boys.
“I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I’m actually awake. The Oscars are so big – they’re huge … I’m totally humbled and ecstatic. No words are enough to explain … it’s like, wow. It’s absolutely incredible.” - after finding out about her Academy Award nomination.
Keisha Castle-Hughes was born on 24 March 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, to a Māori mother, Desrae Hughes, and Tim Castle, an Anglo-Australian father. In 2003, Castle-Hughes made her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). Due to not having any previous acting experience, she went directly from her Auckland school classroom to the film set when the shoot began in New Zealand in late 2001. Castle-Hughes received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, and in 2004 she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards. Although she did not win the Best Actress award (it went to Charlize Theron for Monster), at age 13 she became the youngest person nominated in this category at the time and the second Polynesian actress, after Jocelyne LaGarde, to be nominated for an Oscar. Since she made her film debut, Castle-Hughes has appeared in various films including Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger, Piece of My Heart and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. She also played the main role of the Virgin Mary in the 2006 film The Nativity Story. In 2015 she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand.
Graham Hoete presenting Temuera Morrison with a traditionally carved Boba Fett helmet
@young-master-is-lost kia ora e hoa, the keldabe kiss was based off the hongi, which is what is seen here! it is a traditional māori greeting, in sharing the breath of life
Also! Quick reminder! Its Māori not Maori. You can also write it as Maaori if you do not have letter variants available. The tohutō (the line over the a) is important! Its important to respect indigenous writings and languages in the seemingly small things as well as the big things! You can even go into your phone or tablet and create a shortcut, so your spelling is always corrected from Maori to Māori. This can help you become more aware and conscious of how you write.
You may see the spelling Maori in articles, even government ones. That doesn’t make it correct. Many indigenous spellings are not considered when crafting articles or grammatical formatting. Its a result of colonialism, so please break the cycle and remember to respect Native languages!
In the late 19th century the more restrictive elements of women’s clothing, like corsets and bustles, were abandoned by some and replaced with ‘rational dress’ comprising a jacket, blouse and knickerbockers (baggy, knee-length trousers). Knickerbockers were only for the daring and many women sympathetic to rational dress still wore skirts. These women were confirmed dress reformers and wore their rather masculine clothing with confidence.
(I wish they’d specified this in the caption, but the picture apparently does have a contemporary label identifying the women as dress reformers. so they’re definitely not, as I initially feared, cyclists who got misinterpreted years down the line)
